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+/**
+ *  Copyright (c) 2016, Facebook, Inc.
+ *  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ *  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ *  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { describe, it } from 'mocha';
+import { GraphQLObjectType, GraphQLSchema, GraphQLString } from '../../type';
+import { findDescriptionChanges } from '../findDescriptionChanges';
+
+describe('findDescriptionChanges', () => {
+  const queryType = new GraphQLObjectType({
+    name: 'Query',
+    fields: {
+      field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+    },
+  });
+
+  it('should detect if a description was added to a type', () => {
+    const typeOld = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+      },
+    });
+    const typeNew = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      description: 'Something rather',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const oldSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [typeOld],
+    });
+    const newSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [typeNew],
+    });
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, newSchema)[0].description).to.eql(
+      'Description added on TYPE Type.',
+    );
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, oldSchema)).to.eql([]);
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(newSchema, newSchema)).to.eql([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should detect if a description was changed on a type', () => {
+    const typeOld = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      description: 'Something rather',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+      },
+    });
+    const typeNew = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      description: 'Something else',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const oldSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [typeOld],
+    });
+    const newSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [typeNew],
+    });
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, newSchema)[0].description).to.eql(
+      'Description changed on TYPE Type.',
+    );
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, oldSchema)).to.eql([]);
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(newSchema, newSchema)).to.eql([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should detect if a type with a description was added', () => {
+    const type = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      description: 'Something rather',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const oldSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [],
+    });
+    const newSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [type],
+    });
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, newSchema)[0].description).to.eql(
+      'New TYPE Type added with description.',
+    );
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, oldSchema)).to.eql([]);
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(newSchema, newSchema)).to.eql([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should detect if a field with a description was added', () => {
+    const typeOld = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+      },
+    });
+    const typeNew = new GraphQLObjectType({
+      name: 'Type',
+      fields: {
+        field1: { type: GraphQLString },
+        field2: {
+          type: GraphQLString,
+          description: 'Something rather',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const oldSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [typeOld],
+    });
+    const newSchema = new GraphQLSchema({
+      query: queryType,
+      types: [typeNew],
+    });
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, newSchema)[0].description).to.eql(
+      'New FIELD field2 added with description.',
+    );
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(oldSchema, oldSchema)).to.eql([]);
+    expect(findDescriptionChanges(newSchema, newSchema)).to.eql([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utilities/findDescriptionChanges.js b/src/utilities/findDescriptionChanges.js
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+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
+// @flow
+
+import {
+  GraphQLInterfaceType,
+  GraphQLObjectType,
+  GraphQLEnumType,
+  GraphQLInputObjectType,
+} from '../type/definition';
+import type { GraphQLFieldMap } from '../type/definition';
+import { GraphQLSchema } from '../type/schema';
+import invariant from '../jsutils/invariant';
+
+export const DescribedObjectType = {
+  FIELD: 'FIELD',
+  TYPE: 'TYPE',
+  ARGUMENT: 'ARGUMENT',
+  ENUM_VALUE: 'ENUM_VALUE',
+};
+
+export const DescriptionChangeType = {
+  OBJECT_ADDED: 'OBJECT_ADDED',
+  DESCRIPTION_ADDED: 'DESCRIPTION_ADDED',
+  DESCRIPTION_CHANGED: 'DESCRIPTION_CHANGED',
+};
+
+export type DescriptionChange = {
+  object: $Keys<typeof DescribedObjectType>,
+  change: $Keys<typeof DescriptionChangeType>,
+  description: string,
+  oldThing: any,
+  newThing: any,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Given two schemas, returns an Array containing descriptions of any
+ * descriptions that are new or changed and need review.
+ */
+export function findDescriptionChanges(
+  oldSchema: GraphQLSchema,
+  newSchema: GraphQLSchema,
+): Array<DescriptionChange> {
+  const oldTypeMap = oldSchema.getTypeMap();
+  const newTypeMap = newSchema.getTypeMap();
+
+  const descriptionChanges: Array<?DescriptionChange> = [];
+
+  Object.keys(newTypeMap).forEach(typeName => {
+    const oldType = oldTypeMap[typeName];
+    const newType = newTypeMap[typeName];
+
+    descriptionChanges.push(
+      generateDescriptionChange(newType, oldType, DescribedObjectType.TYPE),
+    );
+
+    if (
+      newType instanceof GraphQLObjectType ||
+      newType instanceof GraphQLInterfaceType ||
+      newType instanceof GraphQLInputObjectType
+    ) {
+      invariant(
+        !oldType ||
+          oldType instanceof GraphQLObjectType ||
+          oldType instanceof GraphQLInterfaceType ||
+          oldType instanceof GraphQLInputObjectType,
+        'Expected oldType to also have fields',
+      );
+      const oldTypeFields: ?GraphQLFieldMap<*, *> = oldType
+        ? oldType.getFields()
+        : null;
+      const newTypeFields: GraphQLFieldMap<*, *> = newType.getFields();
+
+      Object.keys(newTypeFields).forEach(fieldName => {
+        const oldField = oldTypeFields ? oldTypeFields[fieldName] : null;
+        const newField = newTypeFields[fieldName];
+
+        descriptionChanges.push(
+          generateDescriptionChange(
+            newField,
+            oldField,
+            DescribedObjectType.FIELD,
+          ),
+        );
+
+        if (!newField.args) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        newField.args.forEach(newArg => {
+          const oldArg = oldField
+            ? oldField.args.find(arg => arg.name === newArg.name)
+            : null;
+
+          descriptionChanges.push(
+            generateDescriptionChange(
+              newArg,
+              oldArg,
+              DescribedObjectType.ARGUMENT,
+            ),
+          );
+        });
+      });
+    } else if (newType instanceof GraphQLEnumType) {
+      invariant(
+        !oldType || oldType instanceof GraphQLEnumType,
+        'Expected oldType to also have values',
+      );
+      const oldValues = oldType ? oldType.getValues() : null;
+      const newValues = newType.getValues();
+      newValues.forEach(newValue => {
+        const oldValue = oldValues
+          ? oldValues.find(value => value.name === newValue.name)
+          : null;
+
+        descriptionChanges.push(
+          generateDescriptionChange(
+            newValue,
+            oldValue,
+            DescribedObjectType.ENUM_VALUE,
+          ),
+        );
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  return descriptionChanges.filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function generateDescriptionChange(
+  newThing,
+  oldThing,
+  objectType: $Keys<typeof DescribedObjectType>,
+): ?DescriptionChange {
+  if (!newThing.description) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!oldThing) {
+    return {
+      object: objectType,
+      change: DescriptionChangeType.OBJECT_ADDED,
+      oldThing,
+      newThing,
+      description: `New ${objectType} ${newThing.name} added with description.`,
+    };
+  } else if (!oldThing.description) {
+    return {
+      object: objectType,
+      change: DescriptionChangeType.DESCRIPTION_ADDED,
+      oldThing,
+      newThing,
+      description: `Description added on ${objectType} ${newThing.name}.`,
+    };
+  } else if (oldThing.description !== newThing.description) {
+    return {
+      object: objectType,
+      change: DescriptionChangeType.DESCRIPTION_CHANGED,
+      oldThing,
+      newThing,
+      description: `Description changed on ${objectType} ${newThing.name}.`,
+    };
+  }
+}